Soroptimist International Bath and District

Club member Diane heard that one of her yoginis Clare Bolden was self isolating and had decided to make face masks in aid of her chosen charity LupusUK. Diane decided to support her by giving free yoga classes online in return for donations towards Clare’s charity. Over £265 was raised.

Julian House needed much help at their store house to sort out all the incoming donations of clothes and goods. There’s been an influx of donations accumulated during the Covid-19 pandemic so more help was needed and Rosemary, Fiona and Mary were able to lend a hand.

Club member Diane decided to hold a virtual birthday party with club members to raise money for the SharedLivesPlus charity. A charity that provides care in the home very often with a buddy system. It was their awareness and fundraising week so we thought we would help out. We raised £85.

Seeing it was Ascot week we thought we would have a bit of fun and wear a hat. A pity the cake couldn’t be shared!

Our members volunteer in many ways from making PPE equipment for local dentists, vets, teachers and shops, ringing up vulerable elderly people every week, running a community shop and post office, volunteering at Devon Wildlife Trust, creating activity packs for families at this critical time.

We try and tick all the boxes when it comes to the UN’s Sustainable Goals.

Rosemary rose to the challenge of walking 49km during March for WaterAid. It should have been 62km but unfortunately the Coronavirus took hold and prevented her from finishing. However, she managed to raise £50. Here are the trainers that helped her along the way supporting the Girlguiding organisation as well.

Two of our members have been busy making much needed scrubs, scrub bags and hats for the local RUH hospital. Being self isolated has its advantages by enabling lots of time dedicated to making these items.

Bath Women’s Fund invited our club to join them for a walk to support International Women’s Day around Bath celebrating the lives of influencial women who were from Bath or had lived in Bath. The walk took us all over the city but the favourite photo is from the Royal Crescent.

Our 95th Anniversary lunch was held at Cumberwell Park Golf Club on 16th February 2020.

We had honoured Soroptimists guests, guest speaker Michelle Donelan MP for Chippenham, The Mayor of Bath and members from our Friendship clubs from the Netherlands, Hungary, France and High Wycombe.

It was a lovely occasion and enjoyed by all.

A group of chair yoga participants run by member Diane donated £60 to go towards the Bath and District Samaritans .  The group from Bowles Court in Chippenham enjoy free classes most weeks and are happy to put their hands in their pockets at the end of the year.   They had just enjoyed using the balls to enhance their yoga experience!